Care should be exercised to omit from the diet of children just beginning to take solid food, all articles that will not dissolve readily without mastication.
GENERAL DIET FROM AGES ONE TO TWO
The diet from the first to the second year should consist of:
- Baked apples
- Baked potatoes—sweet or white
- Cereal—limited quantity (thoroughly cooked)
- Cream soups—home-made, such as:
| Cream of celery | Onion |
| Potato | Rice |
| Tomato, etc. |
- Eggs
- Milk
- Pulp of soft ripe fruits
- Vegetables—thoroughly mashed, such as:
| {Asparagus | |
| Fresh | {Squash |
| {Spinach |
The above vegetables contain much cellulose or pulp which should be entirely discarded, leaving only the meat or purée; but to the child from eleven to fifteen months old, they should be administered in very limited quantities.